As the Democratic Convention wraps up and the hoopla of the Republican Convention heats up Americans are still left with a sense of a lot of hot air of any concrete plans to end the energy crisis in America. Northerners dread the upcoming onset of fall and colder weather wondering how they will be able to afford how to keep their homes and families warm. Southerners have been sweating the high cost of energy raising the thermostat to save on their electric bills. Families everywhere are wondering where else they can cut back to cover the cost of fueling up the family vehicle to get back and forth to work and take care of the necessities of life. There is no money left for relaxation and family fun. The stress level continues to rise. The average electric bill has risen 16% to cover the power companies additional production costs. A gallon of milk is almost as precious as a gallon of gas. The cost of every consumer product has risen sharply. American's are stretched to the limit. Jobs are being lost, foreclosures are increasing at an alarming rate. Seems even the family pets are suffering the high cost of fuel as almost daily a new story is on TV about shelters being forced to euthanize record number of surrendered pets from those forced out of their homes or no longer able to care for them. The energy crisis in our country is far reaching and needs immediate attention. I am hoping whoever gets elected will get their act together and make this their #1 priority.

15,000 Kilowatt-hours of energy typically falls onto the roof of a 2500 sq ft house every month from an infinite and un-regulated source! Even if solar panels are 15% efficient, who cares. .15 x 15,000 = 2290 kilowatt-hours/month. That still provides enough power to run all home appliances as well as an electric car. Just look at your last power bill.
Electric cars use 93% of the electric energy sent to the batteries. This means that 93% of the energy moves your car. (Isn't this the reason we have cars?) The remaining energy is lost in heat.
But we continue to pay $300/month to OPEC to fill our gas car (30% efficient) and over $200/month for electric energy which is also made mostly from petroleum.

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Excellent and in depth article on the pluses and minuses of all of the alternative energy sources. I know that China has a deal with Westinghouse to build 200 nuclear plants in an effort to quell their dependence on fossil fuels. Anyway, necessity is the mother of invention and as we do more research into different methods of manipulating different sources of energy newer hurdles will emerge as well as solutions.

The report praises efforts by some leaders, such as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to reject or reverse decisions aimed at making it harder for companies in foreign countries. President Barack Obama was also commended for ensuring that "Buy American" provisions in the United States' $789 billion stimulus package comply with international agreements.

But its shame list was longer. In the footwear sector alone, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, the European Union, Turkey and Ukraine have enacted or are considering measures designed to slow imports from China or Vietnam, the report showed.

Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France, India, Russia, and the United States were cited for automotive tariffs, subsidies, credits, licenses or other changes deemed dangerous to trade.

Reassuring news about housing and banking Monday gave investors a reason to return to the stock market.

The Dow Jones industrial average shot up more than 180 points and wiped out more than half the losses it suffered last week. All the major indexes were up more than 2 percent.

A better-than-expected profit report from Lowe's Cos. and positive comments from analysts about the nation's banks revived investors' confidence in an economic rebound. Stocks fell sharply last week on worries that a recovery might be further off than hoped. The drop interrupted a rally that still has the Standard & Poor's 500 index up 30.5 percent since early March.

Stocks rose Monday after Lowe's posted earnings that easily beat Wall Street's forecasts and the company raised its full-year profit outlook. Buying accelerated later after the National Association of Home Builders said its housing market index rose for the second month in a row in May, reflecting growing optimism among builders.

Meanwhile, Rochdale Securities analyst Richard Bove noted the potential for “explosive earnings growth and unusually strong stock price performance” for banks as the economy recovers. And Goldman Sachs raised its rating on Bank of America Corp. to “Buy,” due to expectations for solid earnings in the second quarter on strong mortgage and capital markets revenue.

BMO Nesbitt Burns also upgraded its view of the banking industry, saying it expects profits will start to rebound in coming quarters.

In mid-afternoon trading, the Dow rose 183.03, or 2.2 percent, to 8,451.67. The S&P 500 index rose 18.79, or 2.1 percent, to 901.67, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 34.41, or 2.1 percent, to 1,714.55.

I think people should start thinking more about saving the environment. Though it's true that there's a point in saving up to conserve energy, I still think we should go with solar-powered cars or probably wind-driven ones.